Imperial County, CA Voting


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Imperial County is located in the southeast corner of California and is known for its rich agricultural history. The county is governed by a Board of Supervisors which consists of five members who are elected to serve four-year terms. All candidates must be registered voters within the county and must adhere to all state and local laws when running for office. These five members are responsible for setting policies on taxation, public works, social services, health care, roads, and other issues that affect citizens in the county. Imperial County also has a representative in Congress who represents residents' interests to the federal government. The county's politics always strive to make decisions that support residents' needs while ensuring fiscal responsibility.

The political climate in Imperial County, CA is strongly liberal.

In Imperial County, CA 61.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Imperial county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.1% to 36.7%.
Imperial county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Imperial County, CA is strongly liberal.


El Centro Metro Area is strongly liberal.

California is strongly liberal.

The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™

Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.

Imperial, California: D d D D D D

How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).

Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.

Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.


Individual Campaign Contributions in Imperial County, CA

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,457 contributions totaling $121,198 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 981 contributions totaling $240,528 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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